HOSPITAL QUALITY MANAGER Market related plus benefits

Resource Associates; Lenasia; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Resource Associates is seeking a Quality Manager to lead clinical governance across the hospital, ensuring policies, processes, and training align with OHS Act requirements and industry standards.

The role coordinates quality improvement initiatives, analyzes monthly scorecards, and drives risk mitigation with hospital leadership. A nursing or safety/quality management qualification and SANC registration are preferred.

Qualifications

• Degree/diploma in Nursing or in Safety/Quality Management.
• Current registration with SANC if applicable.
• Excellent SHEQ knowledge.
• Knowledge of legislation (OHS Act).
• Understanding of the private health industry, its challenges, and the key role players.
• Valid driver's license with own transport.

Responsibilities

• Drive improved patient experience through relevant hospital line managers together with the CRO.
• Clinical risk management.
• Custodian of health and safety framework including appointment of health and safety representatives, supporting the hospital managers towards functional health and safety committee structure and ensuring that the relevant forms/checklists and reports are completed, and risks tabled.
• Driving risk assessment by function/department and the management of risk registers and mitigating actions.
• Overseeing the healthcare risk waste management process together with the infection prevention coordinator and the provider.
• Emergency preparedness and disaster management readiness.
• Legal appointments.
• Compliance with line managers, driving yearly compliance audits and close out findings.
• Clinical outcomes ensuring that the month-end data is captured, and hospital scorecards are extracted, reviewed and analysed monthly to identify deviations/trends and implement corrective action.
• Quality improvement identifying and supporting QIP across the hospital and related to improved patient experience, safety, and outcomes.
• Conducting all relevant training according to the OHS Act requirements (Health and safety representative, emergency preparedness incident management, risk assessment, and other relevant training required under the quality portfolio).

Skills

Management experience

SHEQ knowledge

OHS Act knowledge

Private health industry knowledge

Driver's license

Education

Nursing

Safety/Quality Management

Job description

Position Overview

The main purpose of this position: The Quality Manager will assume responsibility for ensuring effective implementation, management, and maintenance of the clinical governance framework, its pillars, and related clinical governance standards, policies, processes, systems, guidelines, and training. The incumbent will drive compliance with the OHS Act, company/industry requirements, and other applicable legislation within the Hospital. The incumbent will play a lead role in coordinating quality improvement initiatives, projects, and clinical quality statistics/reporting together with key members of the hospital management team, including HODs and Unit Managers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive improved patient experience through relevant hospital line managers together with the CRO.
• Clinical risk management.
• Custodian of health and safety framework including appointment of health and safety representatives, supporting the hospital managers towards functional health and safety committee structure and ensuring that the relevant forms/checklists and reports are completed, and risks tabled.
• Driving risk assessment by function/department and the management of risk registers and mitigating actions.
• Overseeing the healthcare risk waste management process together with the infection prevention coordinator and the provider.
• Emergency preparedness and disaster management readiness.
• Legal appointments.
• Compliance with line managers, driving yearly compliance audits and close out findings.
• Clinical outcomes ensuring that the month-end data is captured, and hospital scorecards are extracted, reviewed and analysed monthly to identify deviations/trends and implement corrective action.
• Quality improvement identifying and supporting QIP across the hospital and related to improved patient experience, safety, and outcomes.
• Conducting all relevant training according to the OHS Act requirements (Health and safety representative, emergency preparedness incident management, risk assessment, and other relevant training required under the quality portfolio).

Desired Experience & Qualification

Requirements:

• Degree/diploma in Nursing or in Safety/Quality Management.
• Management experience is advantageous.
• Current registration with SANC if applicable.
• Excellent SHEQ knowledge.
• Knowledge of legislation (specifically OHS Act).
• Understanding of the private health industry, its challenges, and the key role players.
• Valid driver's license with own transport.

Package & Remuneration

This is a management position.

Interested?

INTERESTED? PLEASE ATTACH YOUR COMPLETE UP-TO-DATE CV AS WELL AS COPIES OF ALL QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, ID, AND SANC RECEIPT URGENTLY.